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the energy bills provide renewable energy and we publish our gas strategy today to make sure that we make the best use of lower-cost gas power, including new sources of gas and went and we consenting the creation of a single office of regulation. we don't want families and businesses to be left behind as gas prices come on the other side of the atlantic. [cheers] we are going to help our construction industry as well. the last government abolished property release. my humble friends, the members of the southwest and others show that this has blighted development in our towns and cities. the proposal for my colleagues, that we create a long grace. for newly completed buildings, it is a sensible one. and we will introduce it next october. the previous government also plans to increase the small companies tax rates 22%, and we have cut it to 20%. unlike the small and medium-size firms, i want to thank my honorable friend for their help in this area. starting on the first of january and for the next two years. i am therefore going to increase by 10 fold in the annual investment allowance
the energy bills provide renewable energy and we publish our gas strategy today to make sure that we make the best use of lower-cost gas power, including new sources of gas and went and we consenting the creation of a single office of regulation. we don't want families and businesses to be left behind as gas prices come on the other side of the atlantic. [cheers] we are going to help our construction industry as well. the last government abolished property release. my humble friends, the...
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can overcome the energy crisis. and a few years, nearly five on my machine technologies that transform petroleum industry in the past five years, the horizontal tracking and other developments that have made it possible with a much smaller surface reached much larger tropes of fuel than in the past. the green energy sources that consumed the most valuable part of the global environment, which is the surface of the earth, air above all soils on the surface of the earth. you know, you have cells in windmills and biofuels and all of these systems waste what is important, which is the surface it ears, while ignoring the almost infinite tropes of energy below the surface of the earth that can be reached with a very small footprint of usable land. >> what is all true wisdom and how does that fit into the capitalist system? >> all true wisdom is an orientation towards the needs of others. i believe capitalism is intrinsically altruistic. that is to say that capitalism is based on making investment without any assurance tha
can overcome the energy crisis. and a few years, nearly five on my machine technologies that transform petroleum industry in the past five years, the horizontal tracking and other developments that have made it possible with a much smaller surface reached much larger tropes of fuel than in the past. the green energy sources that consumed the most valuable part of the global environment, which is the surface of the earth, air above all soils on the surface of the earth. you know, you have cells...
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it's important for a lot of reasons, but one of those reasons is the potential for energy, energy to really free western europe from other alternative sources that may not be right for them all right for the world. and that it is not in certain countries best interest, iran, russia, come to light for the pipeline to go through, to bring those natural energies, oil and gas resources to parts of the world that would like to have an alternative source. and i think it is important for congress to keep an eye on this region, and to make sure that the ability that is in place continues and that these emerging markets are allowed to continue to grow and prosper. because i truly believe that they are a bright spot in the world's future. i yield back. >> thank you very much. ariel cohen is the leading expert in russia, eurasia, eastern europe and the middle east. he serves as a senior research fellow in russian and eurasian studies and international energy policy at the heritage foundation and we're glad to have you. thank you very much. michael rubin is a resident scholar at the american ent
it's important for a lot of reasons, but one of those reasons is the potential for energy, energy to really free western europe from other alternative sources that may not be right for them all right for the world. and that it is not in certain countries best interest, iran, russia, come to light for the pipeline to go through, to bring those natural energies, oil and gas resources to parts of the world that would like to have an alternative source. and i think it is important for congress to...
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the energy bill provides certainty and support for billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. today we publish our gas strategy to insure we make the best use of lower cost gas power, including new sources of gas onto the land. we are announcing the creation of a single office so that regulation is safe but simple. we don't want british families and businesses to be left behind as gas prices tumble on the other side of the atlantic. we need to help our construction industry too. the last government abolished empty property relief, and as excellent work done by the members for york, hampton southwest and others show this has blighted development in our towns and cities. the proposal from my colleagues that we create a long grace period before newly-completed buildings have to pay empty property rates is a sensible one, and we will introduce it next october. the previous government also planned to increase the small company's tax rate to 22%, and we have cut it to 20%. but i'd like to help small and medium-sized firms more, and i want to thank my honorable friends for their tho
the energy bill provides certainty and support for billions of pounds of investment in renewable energy. today we publish our gas strategy to insure we make the best use of lower cost gas power, including new sources of gas onto the land. we are announcing the creation of a single office so that regulation is safe but simple. we don't want british families and businesses to be left behind as gas prices tumble on the other side of the atlantic. we need to help our construction industry too. the...
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price of energy, energy being gasoline, natural gas and home heating fuels. and then education follows that. so when you move away from what washington, to what i'm most concerned about, this is the to do list people are very interested in. looking at that graph, the ones the most important, social security and medicare, most important of those over 50, democrats and independents, white households and then you look down and interestingly education, affordability and outcomes number one, young, 18-29 african-americans and hispanics. finally, we asked people, and when it comes to getting country's finances under control, how effective do you think each of the following would be at reducing the debt, reducing the deficit, cutting the national debt? what would be effective? increasing taxes to american families making over $250,000 a year was the number one response at 76%. reducing taxes to spur economic growth and jobs 73%. reducing spending on military and national defense, number three. increasing taxes on all americans. majority of americans, reducing spendi
price of energy, energy being gasoline, natural gas and home heating fuels. and then education follows that. so when you move away from what washington, to what i'm most concerned about, this is the to do list people are very interested in. looking at that graph, the ones the most important, social security and medicare, most important of those over 50, democrats and independents, white households and then you look down and interestingly education, affordability and outcomes number one, young,...
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has done, it's stimulated the growth of our clean energy economy and promoted energy security. the presiding officer serves on the armed services committee. she knows the importance of energy to national security. we have 75,000 jobs in the wind industry right now in colorado. we're on track to produce 20% of our electricity through wind by harvesting the wind by 2030. but if we let the p.t.c. expire, estimates suggest we would lose half those jobs. we'd be down to 37,000 jobs. then waoepls undermine -- we also undermine our pursuit of energy security, true energy security. our inaction, although the tax credit hasn't expired, has halted further development in the wind energy industry because that set of leaders can't in good faith bring that capital to bear and make those investments that they think that the wind p.t.c. will truly expire. we've seen those negative impacts. we've had hundreds of layoffs in colorado. the businesses nearly ground to a halt. you see that all over the country. then you get a ripple effect on those communities because tax receipts go down. people ar
has done, it's stimulated the growth of our clean energy economy and promoted energy security. the presiding officer serves on the armed services committee. she knows the importance of energy to national security. we have 75,000 jobs in the wind industry right now in colorado. we're on track to produce 20% of our electricity through wind by harvesting the wind by 2030. but if we let the p.t.c. expire, estimates suggest we would lose half those jobs. we'd be down to 37,000 jobs. then waoepls...
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but 57% of it is in energy. if we become more energy self-sufficient, we could easily reduce our trade imbalance by 50%. if we just got north american energy, as our focus for energy, we'd not only be more secure, but we'd also have a better trade relationship. this legislation, mr. president, what we're dealing with today -- russia pntr -- builds on the progress we made last year with the passage of three free trade amendments. many of us on this side worked closely with our friends on the other side and the white house to get these long-negotiated deals passed. in the suctioin the six months r agreement took place you there's been a $30 billion increase in trade over six months. the export world and free trade is one of the places that we can go and have the most speedy application of what we do to grow our economy. $30 billion in korea alone. american exported to colombia have increased 20% since that free trade agreement took effect. the ratification of the panama free trade agreement just went into effect a
but 57% of it is in energy. if we become more energy self-sufficient, we could easily reduce our trade imbalance by 50%. if we just got north american energy, as our focus for energy, we'd not only be more secure, but we'd also have a better trade relationship. this legislation, mr. president, what we're dealing with today -- russia pntr -- builds on the progress we made last year with the passage of three free trade amendments. many of us on this side worked closely with our friends on the...
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available for free, the people who have created them would not get the appropriate return on their energy. so we are very respectful and very thoughtful to be sure that people qualify for the service. but we go to great lengths to two get two people to people who need the service. >> one-of-a-kind wisdom and famously q
available for free, the people who have created them would not get the appropriate return on their energy. so we are very respectful and very thoughtful to be sure that people qualify for the service. but we go to great lengths to two get two people to people who need the service. >> one-of-a-kind wisdom and famously q
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companies to the best of their pension funds, doing business with iran's energy sector. february of this year he offered a bipartisan resolution passed by unanimous vote of the senate for iran's right to freedom of assembly, speech and due process. day earlier iranians had taken to the street in peaceful demonstrations against the government or pressed by the siege of militia men. in times of peace and conflict he has traveled to the region to preserve the interests of our allies. in july he led a foundation to the middle east to discuss the ongoing threat posed by iran to review developments in the middle east peace process and traveled to saudi arabia, iraq, israel, lebanon, egypt, he met with u.s. troops in iraq and kuwait and iraq with vice president joe biden and general commander of u.s. troops, during the fighting in gaza. senator kc --casey has said we must prevent hamas, israel has the right to set up a naval blockade, key weapons to hamas and responsibility to protect its homeland. hamas is a terrorist organization that denies israel's right to exist and indisc
companies to the best of their pension funds, doing business with iran's energy sector. february of this year he offered a bipartisan resolution passed by unanimous vote of the senate for iran's right to freedom of assembly, speech and due process. day earlier iranians had taken to the street in peaceful demonstrations against the government or pressed by the siege of militia men. in times of peace and conflict he has traveled to the region to preserve the interests of our allies. in july he...
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meanwhile apart from temporary fluctuations a largely reflected swings in energy prices it's likely to run at or below the federal markets to present objective in the coming quarters and over the longer term. against the macroeconomic backdrop of higher unemployment and subdued inflation the -- the committee took several steps, first it decided to continue his purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities initiated at the september meeting at a pace of $40 billion per month. second, the committee decided to purchase longer-term treasury securities initially at a pace of $45 billion per month after a skirt program to extend the average maturity withholdings is completed at the end of the year. and continuing its asset purchases the committee seeks to maintain downward pressure on longer-term interest rates and the financial -- thereby promoting hiring and economic growth while ensuring that inflation over time is close to her to present objective. finally the committee today also modified its future rate policy to provide more information to the public about how it reacts revolving eco
meanwhile apart from temporary fluctuations a largely reflected swings in energy prices it's likely to run at or below the federal markets to present objective in the coming quarters and over the longer term. against the macroeconomic backdrop of higher unemployment and subdued inflation the -- the committee took several steps, first it decided to continue his purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities initiated at the september meeting at a pace of $40 billion per month. second, the...
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2008 and 2009 very easily with an order of magnitude greater trade we can see the recurrence of the energy crisis for mr. petersen when he was the secretary of commerce which completely blindsided the government. what can we do to get this out in a clear way? >> secure the chairman but this is a subject that i have thought about. i tend to think of to possible crises. one is a short and medium-term crisis in which we experience partly of the time of the debt limit in the super committee debacle. the financial markets this confidence in the country, and you have a european style crisis. that's the short term at which point it's very hard to get money, interest rates and so forth. even the best case if we don't take action, you have a long-term growth crisis. why do i say that? what does it take for us to grow? it takes investments in the future. it takes investment in equipment and science education and infrastructure and so forth. the question many people don't want to consider is when we get those resources? i asked our research department of the would make a prediction from important the
2008 and 2009 very easily with an order of magnitude greater trade we can see the recurrence of the energy crisis for mr. petersen when he was the secretary of commerce which completely blindsided the government. what can we do to get this out in a clear way? >> secure the chairman but this is a subject that i have thought about. i tend to think of to possible crises. one is a short and medium-term crisis in which we experience partly of the time of the debt limit in the super committee...
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in addition, we could open up access to energy sources and generate revenues that way. the key here for conservatives is those new revenues not to be used for more spending and that they really be used to reduce the deficit. now, how we would lock that in when a past experiment have been rather a failure, i don't have the solution to, but it is important to note as there are absolutely revenues that are acceptable to conservatives. that leads me to the third point which is our long term issue explained are long term concerns are an issue. to the extempt there's tax revenues low today, it's not because of the rate. it's because the economy is under performing, and the economy is quite weak right now. we should see much stronger growth, and we should see employment rates much lower. we want to see policies put in place that strength b the economy and also -- strengthen the economy and also attack the longer term spending issue we have driven primarily through entitlements. when it comes to those, there's a number of broad bipartisan supported policy recommendations that a
in addition, we could open up access to energy sources and generate revenues that way. the key here for conservatives is those new revenues not to be used for more spending and that they really be used to reduce the deficit. now, how we would lock that in when a past experiment have been rather a failure, i don't have the solution to, but it is important to note as there are absolutely revenues that are acceptable to conservatives. that leads me to the third point which is our long term issue...
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so, with those comments, again, as a strong supporter, because of energy and environment, because of congestion, still remain dedicated to moving positive inner city passenger rail and particularly high-speed service as the united states is falling further behind and must lead the pack instead of being behind the pack. with those quick comments, let me go the patient ranking member who is so nice to me yesterday. i have to be very nice today. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've disappointed -- i know -- >> never going to hang there. >> nothing can move don young from the center. >> nothing. >> takes five people to move. >> that's right. >> so, thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i've been involved in the issue of high and higher speed rail since early on in my career, in the 90s, al swift on the appropriations committee, designated the first proposed five high-speed rail routes in america and one of them was from eugene, oregon to vancouver, british columbia, and we will hear a bit later from paula hammond this secretary of transportation in my state, who will describe our progress, o
so, with those comments, again, as a strong supporter, because of energy and environment, because of congestion, still remain dedicated to moving positive inner city passenger rail and particularly high-speed service as the united states is falling further behind and must lead the pack instead of being behind the pack. with those quick comments, let me go the patient ranking member who is so nice to me yesterday. i have to be very nice today. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've disappointed...
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his intellect, energy, and character made him a valued colleague and a dear friend. scott is a person one could always count on. i've had the opportunity to work closely with scott on so many key issues. in each and every case he brought an informed, thoughtful, and open-minded approach to every issue. as the ranking member of the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee, i have gotten to know scott very well, and i appreciate his service on our committee. he placed his top priority on helping to keep our nation safe from the continuing threat of terrorism. he also worked hard to make our federal government more efficient and transparent. with scott's leadership, the senate passed bipartisan legislation to help put the postal service back on a more sound financial footing and to ensure that this institution could endure. he also authored the stock act, the new law that clearly prohibits insider trading by members of congress and their staff. scott has long been an effective champion for our small business owners working to ensure that entrepreneurs
his intellect, energy, and character made him a valued colleague and a dear friend. scott is a person one could always count on. i've had the opportunity to work closely with scott on so many key issues. in each and every case he brought an informed, thoughtful, and open-minded approach to every issue. as the ranking member of the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee, i have gotten to know scott very well, and i appreciate his service on our committee. he placed his top...
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we're doing amazing things with energy. as a matter of fact, we're hot on the trail of the state of texas when it comes to oil development. we're after you. i'm telling you. but do you know what it's going to take? it's going to take continued development of the technologies that not only help us produce more energy but help us do it with good environmental stewardship. and what we are talking about is making sure that when we have the engineers and the scientists and the technicians and the mathematicians that graduate from our great universities with doctorate and master's degrees, they can stay here and help us do it here rather than have it done somewhere else in some other country that then gets ahead of the united states. and i still go back to this will help us solve the fundamental challenges we face today, which is getting this economy growing so we get people back to work and creating the reason to help us with our deficit and our debt. with that, i yield back to the esteemed senator from texas. mr. cornyn: could
we're doing amazing things with energy. as a matter of fact, we're hot on the trail of the state of texas when it comes to oil development. we're after you. i'm telling you. but do you know what it's going to take? it's going to take continued development of the technologies that not only help us produce more energy but help us do it with good environmental stewardship. and what we are talking about is making sure that when we have the engineers and the scientists and the technicians and the...
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companies to invest their pension funds for many entities doing business with iran's energy sector. and the degree of this year, senator casey author a bipartisan resolution passed by unanimous vote of the senate expressing concern for the iranian freedom of right to assembly, speech and due process. at a year earlier, the iranians had taken to the streets to lead peaceful demonstrations against the government or to be repressed by the besieged militiamen. during times of both peace and conflict, center casey has traveled to the region to see the part of our interest and our allies. in july he met a senate delegation and the middle east to discuss the threat posed by iran and to review the developments in the middle east peace process. senator kasey hayes traveled to saudi arabia, kuwait, iraq, israel, the west bank, lebanon, egypt where he met with top officials. he met with u.s. troops in iraq and kuwait, and in iraqi mess with vice president biden and the general ray odierno, commander of the u.s. troops. more recently, senator casey has strong support of israel during the fighti
companies to invest their pension funds for many entities doing business with iran's energy sector. and the degree of this year, senator casey author a bipartisan resolution passed by unanimous vote of the senate expressing concern for the iranian freedom of right to assembly, speech and due process. at a year earlier, the iranians had taken to the streets to lead peaceful demonstrations against the government or to be repressed by the besieged militiamen. during times of both peace and...
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h.r. 6582, an act to allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy-efficient goals and so forth. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to the bill be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent that the senate now proceed to the consideration of s. 3666 which was submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 3666, a bill to amend the animal welfare act to modify the definition of exhibit or. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding with the measure? the presiding without objection. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider to be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and that any statements relating to the measure be printed at the appropriate place i
h.r. 6582, an act to allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy-efficient goals and so forth. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements related to the bill be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hagan: i ask unanimous consent that the senate now...